Derecho

{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-001136",
  "term": "Derecho",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A widespread, long-lived, straight-line windstorm associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms. From an insurance perspective, it is a type of convective storm that causes extensive property damage over a large area, similar to that of a hurricane but without the cyclonic rotation. To be classified as a derecho, a storm's wind damage swath must extend more than 240 miles (about 400 kilometers) and include wind gusts of at least 58 mph (93 km/h).",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/derecho/"
}